Fathom vs Tana
Two Productivity AI tools, side by side. Both are verified against their own live sites. Here is what each does well and who it is for, so you can choose what fits.
Fathom
fathom.ai
AI notetaking so you can focus on the conversation.
Best forTeams that want a shared source of truth across customer conversations, internal syncs, and strategy calls.
What it doesFathom records, transcribes, and summarises meetings with or without a bot in the call, generating action items and a searchable record, and lets users query past conversations with an Ask Fathom feature.
Capabilities
Visit Fathom →- Automatic transcription and instant summaries
- Action items and follow-ups
- Ask Fathom to query past conversations
- Integrations with Slack, Salesforce, and HubSpot
- AI scorecards for performance coaching
Tana
tana.inc
An agentic meeting platform - work gets done in the meeting, not after.
Best forProduct and engineering teams running user interviews and design reviews who want completed artifacts out of a meeting.
What it doesTana combines native video calls with AI agents that act during the conversation, creating documents, filing issues, and updating a structured knowledge graph rather than only recording and summarising afterward. Changes proposed by the AI require human approval.
Capabilities
Visit Tana →- Real-time AI agent participation in video calls
- Automatic artifact generation such as slide decks and journeys
- Structured knowledge graph with duplicate detection and merge proposals
- Integrations with GitHub, Linear, and Jira
- Human approval step for AI-proposed changes
How to choose
Choose Fathom if you are teams that want a shared source of truth across customer conversations, internal syncs, and strategy calls. Choose Tana if you are product and engineering teams running user interviews and design reviews who want completed artifacts out of a meeting. Both sit in Productivity; the right pick depends on your exact workflow and budget.
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